… eye contact and others’ object-directed gaze selectively increased infants’ object encoding
… to be studied in relation to their subsequent behavioral and neuronal response to the object. …

… or respond to joint attention cues, such as the gaze or pointing … currently labelled as ‘joint
attention’ in the literature. … ), so we examined the responses of mothers and non-mothers …

… -ended questions that seek an infant response (eg, “What is … mothers used more labels/descriptions
than did Mexican … The influences of activity and time of day on caregiver speech …

… Caregiver responses to infrequent moments that infants engage in proactive attention … , in
fact, suggested that infants’ engagement with objects at the time object labels are presented by …

… The answer of the majority was taken as the selected answer … cues, that can offer support in
linking labels to referents. Even in … ' understanding of the point gesture as an object- directed …

… and object properties while providing corresponding verbal labels contingent upon … Further
support of infants linking their object-directed actions to caregivers’ emotional responses can …

… to their object-directed vocalizations with object labels. The … , contingent caregiver feedback
to infant vocalizations also … hat or headband – one pointing slightly upwards, one slightly …

… six-month-old infants more during shared book reading than when they played with toys. …
Caregivers provide more labeling responses to infants’ pointing than to infants’ object-directed …

… -old children did not exhibit consistent reactions to their mother’s … vision, offering fewer verbal
labels and descriptions. Significantly… ); (b) object-directed gaze (ie, the infant is exploring or …

… of the robotic hand infants respond to differentially, and whether a … Caregivers then directed
their infant’s attention to the … Interestingly, caregivers engaged in different types of pointing in …